2002 Toronto Rock season
# 2002 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2002 season was the 5th in franchise history and 4th as the Rock.

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the fourth straight year. The Rock beat the Washington Power in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game against the Albany Attack. Their victory in this game gave the Rock three out of the last four championships.

## Regular season

### Conference standings

Reference:

Central Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Albany Attack – xyz | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 7–1 | 252 | 194 | +58 | 15.75 | 12.12 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 13 | 3 | .812 | 1.0 | 8–0 | 5–3 | 261 | 202 | +59 | 16.31 | 12.62 |
| 3 | Montreal Express | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 6.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 237 | 227 | +10 | 14.81 | 14.19 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bandits | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 6.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 210 | 215 | −5 | 13.12 | 13.44 |
| 5 | Columbus Landsharks | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 9.0 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 198 | 230 | −32 | 12.38 | 14.38 |

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Washington Power – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 253 | 243 | +10 | 15.81 | 15.19 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 1.0 | 6–2 | 2–6 | 222 | 237 | −15 | 13.88 | 14.81 |
| 3 | New York Saints | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 4.0 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 200 | 249 | −49 | 12.50 | 15.56 |
| 4 | New Jersey Storm | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 4.0 | 3–5 | 2–6 | 178 | 232 | −54 | 11.12 | 14.50 |

North Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xy | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 8–0 | 3–5 | 223 | 176 | +47 | 13.94 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Vancouver Ravens – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 236 | 192 | +44 | 14.75 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 7.0 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 224 | 264 | −40 | 14.00 | 16.50 |
| 4 | Ottawa Rebel | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 7.0 | 1–7 | 3–5 | 202 | 245 | −43 | 12.62 | 15.31 |

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

### Game log

Reference:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | November 17, 2001 | Vancouver Ravens | Air Canada Centre | W 16–11 | | 13,049 | 1–0 |
| 2 | December 1, 2001 | @ Vancouver Ravens | GM Place | L 12–13 | | 13,772 | 1–1 |
| 3 | December 14, 2001 | Ottawa Rebel | Air Canada Centre | W 12–6 | | 14,169 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 5, 2002 | @ Washington Power | Capital Centre | L 11–12 | | 3,512 | 2–2 |
| 5 | January 12, 2002 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 15–12 | | 9,428 | 3–2 |
| 6 | February 26, 2002 | Rochester Knighthawks | Air Canada Centre | W 14–9 | | 18,543 | 4–2 |
| 7 | February 3, 2002 | Montreal Express | Air Canada Centre | W 17–12 | | 14,515 | 5–2 |
| 8 | February 10, 2002 | Washington Power | Air Canada Centre | W 17–14 | | 13,802 | 6–2 |
| 9 | February 16, 2002 | @ Ottawa Rebel | Corel Centre | W 15–8 | | 7,826 | 7–2 |
| 10 | February 23, 2002 | Calgary Roughnecks | Air Canada Centre | W 14–13 | OT | 17,138 | 8–2 |
| 11 | March 2, 2002 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | W 8–7 | | 7,948 | 9–2 |
| 12 | March 8, 2002 | @ Montreal Express | Molson Centre | L 9–15 | | 9,339 | 9–3 |
| 13 | March 15, 2002 | New York Saints | Air Canada Centre | W 21–7 | | 16,796 | 10–3 |
| 14 | March 16, 2002 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 14–16 | | 10,481 | 10–4 |
| 15 | March 22, 2002 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Air Canada Centre | W 17–9 | | 17,501 | 11–4 |
| 16 | March 23, 2002 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | First Union Center | L 11–12 | OT | 14,361 | 11–5 |

## Playoffs

### Game log

Reference:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Semifinals | April 5, 2002 | Washington Power | Air Canada Centre | W 12–11 | 2OT | 14,442 | 1–0 |
| Championship Game | April 13, 2002 | @ Albany Attack | Pepsi Arena | W 13–12 | | 9,289 | 2–0 |

## Player stats

### Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty minutes

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Colin Doyle | 16 | 47 | 33 | 80 | 58 | 17 |
| Blaine Manning | 16 | 21 | 50 | 71 | 109 | 13 |
| Steve Toll | 16 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 125 | 11 |
| Dan Stroup | 16 | 37 | 23 | 60 | 86 | 12 |
| Kim Squire | 16 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 57 | 54 |
| Jim Veltman | 16 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 203 | 22 |
| Ken Millin | 14 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 2 |
| Mike Murray | 10 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 6 |
| Darryl Gibson | 15 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 84 | 12 |
| Glenn Clark | 16 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 98 | 19 |
| Totals | | 223 | 298 | 521 | 1290 | 360 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

| Player | GP | MIN | W | L | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bob Watson | 12 | 681:21 | 9 | 3 | 131 | .764 | 11.54 |
| Anthony Cosmo | 6 | 255:56 | 2 | 2 | 45 | .791 | 10.55 |
| Totals | | | 11 | 5 | 176 | .772 | 10.94 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| - | - |
| Blaine Manning | Rookie of the Year Award |
| Pat Coyle | Defensive Player of the Year Award |
| Jim Veltman | Sportsmanship Award |
| Colin Doyle | Championship Game MVP |
| Blaine Manning | Rookie of the Month, March |
| Pat Coyle | First All-Pro Team |
| Colin Doyle | Second All-Pro Team |
| Blaine Manning | All-Rookie Team |
| Colin Doyle | All-Stars |
| Pat Coyle | All-Stars |
| Jim Veltman | All-Stars |
| Bob Watson | All-Stars |
| Steve Toll | All-Stars |

## Roster

| No. | Position | Player |
| - | - | - |
| 26 | Fwd | Burke, Wayne |
| 25 | ?? | Candy, Drew |
| 5 | Fwd | Chapman, Sandy |
| 11 | Def | Clark, Glenn |
| 2 | Def | Coyle, Pat |
| 44 | Goalie | Cosmo, Anthony |
| 7 | Fwd | Doyle, Colin |
| 19 | Def | Gibson, Darryl |
| 6 | Def | Ladouceur, Dan |
| 4 | Def | Livingstone, Carter |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 16 | Fwd | Manning, Blaine |
| 33 | Fwd | Millin, Ken |
| 18 | Fwd | Murray, Mike |
| 40 | Def | Rubel, Ian |
| 93 | Fwd | Squire, Kim |
| 34 | Def | Squire, Rodd |
| 8 | Fwd | Stroup, Dan |
| 17 | Def | Toll, Steve |
| 32 | Fwd | Veltman, Jim |
| 29 | Goalie | Watson, Bob |
